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Founded Febraury 25th, 2011 in response to the call for democracy in Libya, the New Libya Foundation serves to nurture democratic foundations through the building of Libyan civil society from the ground up. The most vital element of a new Libya is a society that is able to determine the course of its future, and contribute in setting the priorities of its governing body. No call to democratic governance can be realized until people organize to address their concerns and aspirations.

The Libyan people have taken on the cause of building their nation and empowering citizens. The New Libya Foundation is working to provide the resources and means necessary to build the civic institutions of the new Libya and generations to come.

Our Mission
Nurture the successful development of civil society organizations in Libya through training, education, access to resources and financial assistance. Our vision is broad with our immediate focus on: Civic engagement, inclusiveness, and association.

One Year Ago…

One year ago today, the New Libya Foundation and partners launched the “Roghata” Community Based Urban Planning Charette Program for sustainable development. Thank you to videographer Mohamed Al Yacoubi for this tribute.

CSOs Meet Elected Officials on Transparency and Accountability

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Saturday, April 26th, Members of the GNC Mr. Ala Mgarief of Benghazi, and Mr. Musa Faraj of Jdabya, as well as Ms. Saida Berween of the Ministry of Local councils, dialogued with civil society organizations and private sector actors on the topic of “How to implement [...]

Meet the Constitution Makers from Tripoli

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April 5th, Tripoli’s democratically elected Constitution Drafting Assembly members presented their vision of what the constitution making process should look like, and addressed questions posed by Networker guests. Two of the five assembly members chose to decline the invitation just minutes before the event, presumably out [...]

“The Networker” Launch

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On Dec. 18th, 2013, leaders from across sectors (civil society, government, Media, Businessess, diplomats, INGOs) convened for the first civil society Networker, sponsored by USAID. The event theme was Fiscal transparency and accountability.

Former consultant to the Libyan Investment Authority, Mr. Salah Baccouch, shared disturbing figures [...]

The Incubator institution of civil society organized a clean-up campaign

 

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The civil society incubator center, Nurtures the successful development of civil society organizations in Libya. However, the center does not only help Libya through its organizations it also helps it directly. In August 2013, The civil society incubator center, organized a cleanup [...]

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In July 2013, a very special guest came to the civil society incubator center. Ambassador Debra Jones met with some representatives from the organization. USAID is the biggest donor toward Libyan civil society activity

 

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Incubator Center Member Orientation

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The Incubator held the first member orientation event last night. In a rather “romantic” candle-light setting, the first hour brought introductions and shared hopes to the group. The following hour brought memories of grade school as members (rather diplomatically) selected their desks and office mates for the [...]

Closing ceremony for NLF’s first “Leadership in Civil Society” program.

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On July 18, participants, mentors and coaches gathered at the New Libya Foundation incubator to mark the end of the six-month Leadership in Civil Society pilot program . After months of hard work and collaboration, the closing ceremony provided a chance for the entire group to come [...]

Conflict Sensitivity Workshop

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In the aftermath of last year’s revolution, Libya is facing the re-emergence of scores of conflicts that had been silenced during the dictatorship. The resulting temporary weakness of central authorities leaves the burden of conflict management to local communities. In this setting, civil society organizations that strive [...]

Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

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The aim of the New Libya Foundation is to develop the capacity of the Libyan civil society. This entails coaching civil society activists while they formalize their team and vision into an organization, as well as helping them articulate and implement their projects.

However, establishing an organization [...]